NEW The Improvised Musical!

I’m always looking for cool and interesting things to do in Paris for an alternative date night or night out with friends, so I was thrilled to learn about the upcoming shows of NEW The Improvised Musical. As you’ve likely guessed, this is actually live improvised musical theater … and in English… and here’s your chance to win some free tickets!

I’ve been particularly pleased to see an increase in theatre in English in Paris over the last few years. There’s great stand up now with So Gymnase, there was the fabulous first Paris Fringe Festival back in May and now there are these NEW The Improvised Musicalperformances starting October 4th.

What makes these shows so unique is that the audience is involved in each show by providing a title, location and plot twists. Then with these prompts the musicians compose songs on the spot, an illustrator draws, projects images and designs the set in real time, then of course there are the actors/singers who dance, create lyrics and invent characters — all based on your suggestions.

The NEW team is made up of 10 professional artists from the United States, England, France and Germany. It roots date back to 2003 when Florian Bartsch and his Anglophone troupe, The Improfessionals, created “The Sound of Impro” an improvised musical. The show played in Paris as well as at several International improvisation festivals. Then in 2010, Bartsch and saxophonist Peter Corser created the Yellowstone submarine improvised singing workshops.

NEW Comédie Musicale Improvisée

New Comedie Musicale Improvisée 2015

Fresh from this experience he invented the concept of NEW, the improvised musical. In the summer of 2011 Bartsch auditioned over 100 professional artists from various backgrounds: theatrical improv, musical theatre, opera, illustration/comics, jazz, classical and contemporary music, world music and “chanson française.”

The first performance took place in Paris at Théâtre de la Reine Blanche in May 2012. Since then, the troupe has appeared in different Parisian theatres (Théâtre Trévise, MPAA Saint Germain) and throughout the region and country. And now they are back with this NEW show concept.

They are taking over Les Feux de la Rampe Theatre (next to Folies Bergère at 28 rue Richer 75009 Métro: Grands Boulevards/Cadet) for a series of shows in EnglishTuesdays at 8pmOctober 4th, 11th, 25th,November 22nd andDecember 20thor you you can also discover their shows in French every Wednesday at 8pm starting September 28th at the same theatre.

These aren’t ‘fake’ improvised show, each and every time is different, so by attending, in a way you’re making history… and here’s your chance to do that for free? Not many opportunities like this come up, do they?

To celebrate the new show Je T’Aime, Me Neither and NEW The Improvised Musicalare teaming up to give away FOUR sets of two tickets for their inaugural show on October 4th. All you need to do is the following:

To get your name in our draw once, like the Je T’Aime, Me Neither Facebook post about the event (here is a direct link)… and then…

Like the Je T’Aime, Me Neither Facebook page here and the NEW The Improvised Musical pagehere(if you already like these pages, great! You will still be included as long as you’ve liked the Facebook post about the contest) – this only takes a minute

To double your chances to win, sign up for the Je T’Aime, Me Neither newsletter here and the NEW The Improvised Musicalhere

Enter by 8 pm Paris time (2 pm EST) on Sunday September 25th.

We will cross reference the lists/likes and draw the four lucky winners which will be announced and contacted on Monday September 26th.

If you don’t want to try out the contest or if you’d like to attend a different night you can reserve discounted tickets here on billetreduc.

For a better idea of what you can expect of their shows, check out their video trailer.

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Lily Heise is a Paris-based writer, originally hailing from Canada. She has lived in Paris for over a decade and contributes to international and local publications. Her work has been featured in The Huffington Post, Business Insider, CondéNastTraveler.com, Playboy, Frommer's, DK Eyewitness Guides, HiP Paris and others.